LDEO Summer Internship Program

Application Form

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

LDEO Summer Internship Program
Earth Intern Program

This application covers these two programs:

1. REU Sites program: Open to students from any university or college who are citizens of the United States or are Permanent Residents. Applicants should supply all requested information and select three projects of interest from the REU Sites project list.

For more information and to view the listing of advisors and projects, download the following three documents and read them completely before filling out the application:

2. Earth Intern program: Open to Columbia and Barnard students. Students from Columbia, Barnard should supply all requested information and select three projects of interest from each of the program project lists (total of six projects).

For more information and to view the listing of advisors and projects, download the following three documents and read them completely before filling out the application:

Reference letters are submitted online as a pdf file. Once you submit your application, you will be given URLs to send to your two references to upload their letters. NOTE: If you are from Columbia or Barnard, and are applying to both the Earth Intern and the REU Sites programs, the letters of recommendation and transcript(s) are the same for both.

** Application deadline has extended until February 25th because of the problems with weather nationwide and also because of a glitch in the application form that requires retyping all punctuations in the Statement of Interest box with your keyboard except for periods.

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Contact Info

First NameRequired

Middle Initial

Last NameRequired

School NameRequired

School Email AddressRequired

U.S. Telephone Number

Personal Email AddressRequired

Home Mailing Address

Street Address 1Address Required

Street Address 2

City

State

Zipcode

Permanent Mailing Address

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Street Address 2

City

State

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School Mailing Address

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Street Address 2

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Alternative Mailing Address

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Street Address 2

City

State

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Personal Information

EthnicityRequired by NSF

GenderRequired

Legal StatusRequired

If you are not a US citizen/US permanent resident, you are not eligible

Are you a member of the first generation in your family to attend college?Required

How long would you prefer to work at LDEO this summer?Required

Where would you prefer to live during the Intern Program?Required

Referred to by

How did you discover the LDEO summer intern program?Required

Have you participated in an NSF sponsored summer research program for undergraduate students?Required

Academic Information

Graduation DateMonth - Day - YearRequired

Date of last Final in Spring TermMonth - Day - YearRequired

Upload ResumeThis file must be under 10 MB and in PDF formatInclude your computer skillsRequired

Upload TranscriptThis file must be under 10 MB and in PDF formatScan all tanscripts in one fileRequired

Grade Qualification

Overall Grade Point Average

If your grade point average is below B+, you are unlikely to be considered for the program

Does your department require a senior thesis?

Do you know of any faculty member in your department who is working with an undergraduate on a research project?

References

NameReference 1Required

Position/TitleRequired

EmailRequired

PhoneUse numbers only

NameReference 2Required

Position/TitleRequired

EmailRequired

PhoneUse numbers only

Field of Interest

Specify the interested disciplineRequired

Intended College Major(s)Required

College Minor (if any)

Which program are you applying for?Required

Program Description

You must select your advisors. Those wishing to join REU Sites Program (Program Description) must select three advisors from the REU advisors list. Those wishing to join the Earth Intern Program (Program Description) must select a total of six advisors, three each from the REU advisors list and the Earth Intern advisors list. Those wishing to apply to both programs should select the Earth Intern Program from the drop-down menu.

REU Advisors List

Choice 1Required

Choice 2Required

Choice 3Required

Earth Intern Advisors List

Choice 1Required

Choice 2Required

Choice 3Required

Statement of Interest

** If you are copying and pasting the text from another source, please replace all apostrophes ('), double quotes ("), em-dash (-) by typing over those characters in the text box with your keyboard. Your application will not submit successfully without taking this step.

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This program has been funded by the National Science Foundation